Woody Guthrie, Author , illus. by Marla Frazee. Little, Brown/Tingley $15.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-07203-8
Even when the characters are simply lazing on a front porch, Frazee's pictures hum with energy and possibility, in this free-form Guthrie reverie. Her elegant ink striations add texture to the compositions and enhance the understated dynamism of
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Woody Guthrie, illus. by Dave Horowitz. Doubleday, $17.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-385-37926-7
This selection from Guthrie’s Jewish-themed oeuvre—inspired by his mother-in-law, the Jewish poet Aliza Greenblatt—has a novelty song refrain that inspires a toe-tapping performance (on the accompanying CD) by the Grammy-winning and always...
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Woody Guthrie, Author, Vladimir Radunsky, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0770-8
The yellow dog and striped cat from Howdi Do and Bling Blang bring the same exuberance to this third picture book based on the lyrics of a Woody Guthrie song, My Dolly, illus. by Vladimir Radunsky. Here they are joined by a lively doll sporting a
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Woody Guthrie, Author, Vladimir Radunsky, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0768-5
Radunsky, illustrator of An Edward Lear Alphabet, turns his attention to an American nonsense lyric by folksinger Guthrie. In this infectiously friendly song, a bubbly canine narrator says hello to literally everyone: ""On my sidewalk on my street,/
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Woody Guthrie, Author, Vladimir Radunsky, Illustrator Candlewick Press (MA) $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7636-0769-2
As in Howdi Do, Radunsky provides guileless visual accompaniment to the late Guthrie's whimsical lyrics. Howdi's central figure, an enthusiastic yellow dog reappears (along with his striped cat sidekick), in the company of two children. To the words,
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Woody Guthrie, Author, Kathy Jakobsen, Author, Kathy Jakobsen, Illustrator Little, Brown Books for Young Readers $16.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-316-39215-0
From California to the New York island, readers of all ages will be singing the praises of this picture-book tribute to a legendary folk musician and one of his best-known compositions. The popular version of the song, which Guthrie recorded in 1949,
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Woody Guthrie, Author, Dave Marsh, Editor, Harold Leventhal, Editor HarperCollins Publishers $29.95 (259p) ISBN 978-0-06-016342-6
This collection of stories, poems, songs, letters, diary entries, essays, newspaper articles, photographs and drawings--most of which have not been published before--gives new insight into the life and character of the beloved folk singer Woody...
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Woody Guthrie, illus. by Scott Menchin. Little, Brown, $17.99 (16p) ISBN 978-0-316-05216-0
A cartoon dog family drives from New York City to San Francisco in a wood-paneled convertible to the lyrics of Woody Guthrie’s “Riding in My Car.” As the dogs visit landmarks like the White House and Mt. Rushmore, bits of trivia are concealed by...
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Woody Guthrie, edited and with an intro. by Douglas Brinkley and Johnny Depp. Harper, $25.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-224839-8
Guthrie’s multifaceted legacy lives on (and combines beautifully with his affecting 1930 autobiography Bound for Glory) with this posthumous Texas plains novel set during the Dust Bowl era. The story is prefaced in a long-winded introduction by...
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